Khimki — CSKA, 08 February 2016

Our team took both games against Khimki in VTB League, stopping the streak of away losses against this opponent in the regular season that started in 2012.

Khimki Moscow region vs. CSKA: 85-96 (+11)

Khimki: Rice (10 + 3 rb + 4 as + 4 to + 5 pf), Shved (13 + 6 as + 3 to), Augustine (18 + 6 rb), Boone (12 + 5 rb), Koponen (13 + 4 as + 3 st), Vyaltsev (3 + 5 pf), Monya (7 + 5 rb), Honeycutt (9 + 9 rb)…

CSKA: De Colo (14 + 4 rb + 7 to), Teodosic (14 + 4 as), Fridzon (13 + 3 rb), Jackson (3), Freeland (7 + 3 rb + 3 to + 4 pf), Vorontsevich (6 + 5 rb + 3 st + 3 to), Higgins (9 + 4 pf), Khryapa (9 + 6 rb + 5 as), Kurbanov (16), Hines (5 + 3 st + 2 bs)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

Congratulations to the team with the victory. It was the game of the level, that was expected. It was a big game of big team. We did not start well, especially on defense. Khimki ran and scored 30 points in the first quarter. But starting from second one we started to play with better mobility, to make deflections. So it was a great team win. We executed our plan, we improved quality of our defense, we believed in what we are doing. We understood that Khimki can make the run in the end but did not allow it.